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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ANDREW J. CURTIS, OF MONROE, MAINE, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF IO FRED. L.PALMER AND ALLEN M. BAGHELDER.

LANTERN-CARRIER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 256,647, dated April18, 1882.

ApplicationA filed March 7, 1882. (Model.)

To all whom t't may concern Be it known that I, ANDREW J. CUn'rIs, of

- Monroe, in the county ot' Waldo and State ot' Maine, have invented anew and useful Improvement in Lantern-Oarriers, of which the followingis a full, clear, andexact description.

My invention relates to a means for attaching a lantern to a carriage orwagon, or for enabling it to be carried in front ot' a person byconnecting it with a belt worn around the waist. l

The invention consists in a novel construction, arrangement, andcombination of a clasp formed of two arms provided with spiral springsand eyes, an upright frame, which may be provided with a reflector, andhaving two arms or posts secured together near the lower ends, and thenbent outward and provided with hooks, and a holder provided with eyesfor-attachment to said frame, as hereinafter more particularlydescribed.

- and Fig. 2 is a side view ot the same without the lantern.

AA are two wires, having their outer ends curved to clasp the upperpart, F, of. the body of a lantern, as shown in Fig. 1, and having theirinner ends formed into spiral springs c a and eyes a2 ai".

B is an upright frame consisting of a wire bent so as to form twoarms orposts, which are curved toward each other near their lower ends, andbound or soldered together at the point marked b2, and then bent outwardagain and formed into hooks b for engaging with the lower parts oftheguardsE of the lantern.

The reector Cinay be attached tothe posts of the frame B by keepers cand soldered thereto. This reflector serves the double purpose ofbracing and making stronger the frame B and reilectingthe light thrownbackward from the lamp. y

D isa holder consisting of a wire bent midway ot' its length and havingits ends pass through the eyes a2 of the clasps A, and then bent aroundthe horizontal top of the frame B, as shown at d.

It will be observed that the spiral springs a a are double-acting,serving both to keep together the clasps A and to keep the holder D in anearly-Vertical line.

In applying my invention to a lantern provided with tubes, the hooks bmay be turned upward instead of downward, so as to engage with thetubes.

The invention is applied to a lantern as follows: The hooks b are trstengaged with the lower parts ot' the guards E, and the clasps A are thenpartly separated and placed in position around the upper part, F, ot'the lantern. rIhe lantern is secured to a carriage by placing the holderD in the usual lamp-socket, or in contact with any part suitable for it,when the spring a holds it against the frame B and keeps it firmly inplace. It is secured to a belt by simply placing the holder D betweenthe belt and the body of the wearer.

Thev advantages ot' my invention are, it is more easily placed on andtaken off a lautern, and is more secure when attached to a carriage orbelt than lantern-carriers formerly in use.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patentl. A lantern-carrier consisting of clasps Aprovided with spiral springs a and eyes a2,

an upright frame, B, having two posts secured together near their lowerends, and then bent outward and provided with hooks b, and a holder, D,having eyes d, and passing through the eyes c2 ofthe clasps,substantially as and for the purpose herein described.

2. A lantern-carrier constructed substantially as above described, andprovided with a reiiector, C, soldered or otherwise secured thereto,substantially as and for the purpose specied.

ANDREW J..GU.BTIS.

Witnesses:

F. J. BAILEY, l D. S. FLANDERS.

